Is CVE-2018-16598 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-16598 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-16598?

CVE-2018-16598 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-16598?

CVE-2018-16598 has an EPSS score of 1.52% (71th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2018-16598?

No published fix for CVE-2018-16598 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-16598

MEDIUMEPSS 71th pctl

5.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Amazon Web Services (AWS) FreeRTOS through 1.3.1, FreeRTOS up to V10.0.1 (with FreeRTOS+TCP), and WITTENSTEIN WHIS Connect middleware TCP/IP component. In xProcessReceivedUDPPacket and prvParseDNSReply, any received DNS response is accepted, without confirming it matches a sent DNS request.

CWE-441

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

blog.zimperium.com

Third-Party Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.